Digital BW, The Print

My Windows 98 was OEM upgraded to 98SE and my computer is a Dell 
running a Pentium 3 at 800 MHz. I've profiled all the Epson papers 
except velvet. I've found printing with Epson pigment ink on glossy 
paper to be unacceptable because the ink is glossier than the paper 
resulting in a distracting variance in surface reflection from light 
to dark tones. Color results have been nothing short of fantastic, 
however, on matte and luster papers where surface reflectance is not 
such a factor. But greyscale printing is another story -- its just 
totally unacceptable on all the papers I've profiled. I'm getting 
awful hue shifting across tones with gross metamerism. The cause, in 
my opinion, is that the Epson 2200 driver is not up to the task of 
printing a neutral greyscale. I've contacted Epson America and 
politely let them know my dissatisfaction with their driver. BTW, I 
tried the Epson GreyBalancer downloaded from the Epson France site 
and found it WAY more effort than what its worth and the results are 
still unacceptable. Again in my opinion, Epson simply needs to 
upgrade the driver for the 2200 and make it available on their 
website.

As far as a second dedicated computer goes, that's your call. The 
additional desk/shelf/floor space required, maintenance, upkeep, 
finances and the overall hassle factor would be primary 
considerations for me.